C++ Programmer, Maastricht (On site) – International organisation

Job role: C++ Programmer

Minimum experience: 3 years.

Studies required: Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Computer Science, Information Technology or a closely related field, with a focus on software engineering.

Language: English (C1).

Location: Near Maastricht Airport, The Netherlands (Mainly On site).

DESCRIPTION

We are seeking an experienced C++ Programmer to join a cutting-edge air traffic management project. This next-generation automation system provides advanced tools for air traffic controllers, including conflict detection, resolution, and trajectory-based automation, ensuring safe and efficient operations in upper airspace.

As a C++ Programmer, you will be part of the Surveillance Data Processing (SDP) team within the Engineering domain. Your responsibilities will include designing, implementing, testing, and maintaining high-performance, safety-critical software in a Linux environment, working closely with technical and operational experts.

Personal profile

We are looking for someone who:

• Enjoys working as part of a multicultural, multidisciplinary team.

• Is reliable, hands-on, and pragmatic, with a strong sense of responsibility for the quality of their work.

• Is curious and open-minded, willing to understand operational user needs and constraints.

• Communicates clearly in English, both spoken and written.

• Has a genuine interest in aviation, air traffic control or complex technical systems

Key Responsibilities

In this role, you will:

• Collaborate with technical and operational experts to research, design, develop, implement and integrate new ARGOS functionalities used by air traffic controllers.

• Analyse requirements with operational stakeholders and propose robust software solutions that address business and safety needs.

• Design and implement complex software changes in modern C++, including:

• algorithm design and optimisation.

• prototyping and proof-of-concept work.

• code implementation and refactoring.

• unit and component testing.

• contribution to automated test suites.

• Work within a Linux (RHEL-based) soft real-time environment, paying close attention to performance, determinism and worst-case execution time.

• Investigate and resolve problem reports, including debugging, root cause analysis and corrective changes to existing source code.

• Participate actively in code reviews (both as author and reviewer), ensuring compliance with internal C++ coding standards and safety/quality requirements.

• Contribute to technical documentation and lifecycle artefacts, including design descriptions, test specifications and reports.

• Support or contribute to safety and security assessments as required by the project.

• Estimate, plan and deliver work packages, providing realistic effort estimations and progress updates to the team.

• Work closely with other developers, testers, engineers and operational experts in a multi-disciplinary, multicultural environment.

Technical skills

• Strong proficiency in modern C++ (STL, templates, memory management, multi-threading where applicable).
• Experience developing on Linux (command line tools, build systems, debugging tools, shell basics).
• Solid understanding of data structures and algorithms, and their performance implications.
• Experience with unit testing and automated testing frameworks (e.g. Google Test, Robot Framework or similar).
• Familiarity with version control and collaborative development workflows (e.g. Git).

Desirable skills

• Experience with AGILE / iterative development methods.

• Practical experience with Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket) or similar ecosystems.

• Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks, particularly Robot Framework.

• Experience in safety-critical or real-time systems (e.g. aerospace, automotive, rail, industrial control).

• Understanding of Air Traffic Management (ATM) systems, air traffic control operations or aviation in general.

• Previous experience in large international or multicultural technical teams.

Security and compliance

• Appointment is subject to obtaining an official Certificate of Good Conduct (or equivalent) from your country of residence, issued within the required timeframe.

Language:

• English (C1).

Location:

• Near Maastricht Airport, The Netherlands (On site).

Rate:

• 520-550€/day (negotiable).